Liberal Party candidates, 1999 Manitoba provincial election

The Manitoba Liberal Party elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1999 provincial election. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

Bob Brigden (Arthur-Virden)

Brigden is a farmer near Melita, Manitoba. [Helen Fallding, "Income crisis grips riding", "Winnipeg Free Press", 14 September 1999, A10.] He was elected as a councillor in the Rural Municipality of Brenda in 1998, and was the first declared candidate for the 1999 Progressive Conservative nomination in Arthur-Virden. He later withdrew from that contest, and sought and won the Liberal Party nomination instead. ["Tory membership sales up in contest to replace MLA", "Winnipeg Free Press", 22 April 1999, A8.] Newspaper accounts do not indicate why he changed parties in the buildup to the campaign. Brigden did not stand for re-election to council in 2002.

Vibart C. Stewart (Transcona)

Stewart and his wife helped supply replacement workers to the Tache Nursing Centre in 1996, at a time with the centre's employees were on strike. Vibart's wife, ironically, was herself one of the strikers. [Bill Redekop, "Striker jeered for sending staff across picket line", "Winnipeg Free Press", 3 July 1996, A1.] He received 713 votes (8.10%) in 1999, finishing third against New Democratic Party incumbent Daryl Reid.

Rochelle Zimberg (Tuxedo)

Zimberg is a Chartered Accountant. She was executive director of the Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities during the 1990s, ["Manitoba budget hits north hardest", "Kitchener-Waterloo Record", 18 April 1991, C6; Randy Turner, "Political cats end the hissing", "Winnipeg Free Press", 22 June 1993.] and argued in 1993 that the provincial Municipal Act was out of date and in need of revision. [Allison Bray, "Panel to find out how to fix statute", "Winnipeg Free Press", 28 September 1993.] She later sought a balanced approach on the use of Video Lottery Terminal revenues by municipal governments. [Keith McArthur, "Votes sought on VLTs' fate", "Winnipeg Free Press", 4 April 1998, A1.] In 1997, she was appointed to an advisory committee overseeing the distribution of the Canadian Red Cross, Manitoba Flood Appeal Fund. ["Committee members", "Winnipeg Free Press", 16 May 1997, A5.] She was inducted into the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Roll of Honour in 1999. [Larry McIntosh, "Manitoba Movers Appointments", "Winnipeg Free Press", 28 April 1999, B8.] Zimberg placed third against Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon in the 1999 election. She campaigned for the Tuxedo constituency again in a 2000 by-election, after the original Liberal candidate stood from the contest. [Sean O'Connor, "Candidates fear federal vote will overshadow provincial byelection Tuxedo Tories", "Winnipeg Free Press", 16 November 2000, A9.]

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